Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy . |
| 2 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 3 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 4 | He saw the radio propped on the little stool and asked me if I played it while I worked . |
| 5 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 6 | They asked me if I wanted me P forty five framed or unframed . |
| 7 | ‘ He asked me if I wanted it . |
| 8 | Oh I got them but I mean I ai n't brought them with me . |
| 9 | I designed them and I service them . |
| 10 | He found you but I suppose you do n't remember . ’ |
| 11 | gave me an unofficial interview at his cottage , but I offended him when I said I really wanted to study French ! |
| 12 | I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things . |
| 13 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 14 | He rolled it between two fingers and tapped it on a thumbnail and generally fondled it as I knew he would for a good five minutes before lighting it . |
| 15 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 16 | I cracked it when I put it in . |
| 17 | but er I was the only one that ever used it and I used it about once or twice and then , like like , I used it for about |
| 18 | I mean , we found it after I took it back . |
| 19 | " I want to know what you 're up to , " he said , and I do n't think he believed me when I told him I was only trying to find out whether there were any rabbits who wanted to leave the warren . |
| 20 | I do n't think the woman in the New York Avis office believed me when I told her that I wanted to hire a convertible . |
| 21 | That 's what my mum and dad told me and I believe them . |
| 22 | That 's what my mum and dad told me and I believe them . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault . |
| 24 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
| 25 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
| 26 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 27 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 28 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 29 | I told her that I had you at work then yesterday , right , she says oh no another one , right , and ended up |
| 30 | I told her that I loved her . ’ |